Strategy

Walmart Leads Top 50 Retail List, Amazon.com Rises Fast
There were several big shifts, but Walmart maintains its No. 1 position on Interbrand's U.S. Most Valuable Retail Brands list for 2012 by a huge margin. Meanwhile, Amazon.com, which increased its brand value by 32 percent, is the largest riser on this year's list.
Consistency is Key: Herbalife Streamlines PLM
With record sales of $2.7 billion in 2010, Herbalife Ltd. is a fast-growing global nutrition company. But with growth comes complexity. By 2007, the time had come for Herbalife to implement a PLM solution that would establish a single source of the truth for product information.

Snyder's-Lance Opens New R&D Center

The sixty-thousand square foot, three story building was designed from the ground up to be environmentally friendly.
Are Women Climbing the CG Corporate Ladder?

A list of the top 50 companies for executive women, compiled by the National Association for Female Executives, includes Johnson & Johnson, General Mills and Procter & Gamble. Ironically, however, another study supports the notion that women are no further up the corporate ladder than they were six years ago.
Project 7 Gains Executive Vice President of Sales

The new EVP of sales for Project 7 comes from Evolution Fresh, a premium juice company which was recently acquired by Starbucks.
GS1 US Mourns Former CEO Thomas S. Rittenhouse

Rittenhouse is said to have been the first to recognize the potential of radio frequency identification and the Electronic Product Code.
Kraft Foods Announces Executive Transition

Marc S. Firestone will step down in April; Gerhard W. Pleuhs will become General Counsel.
Acosta Acquires Griffin Strategic Advisors

Griffin will combine with Acostas Marketing Group to form AMG Strategic Advisors, a new business unit to be led by Griffins co-founder and CEO Carrie Shea.
PepsiCo Announces Strategic Growth Investments

These decisions are based on a comprehensive review by the company's management of its portfolio, brands, costs, organization and capital structure.
Diamond Calls Off Pringles Deal; Kellogg Moves In

A surprising twist in the sale of Pringles hit this morning when Diamond Foods Inc. called off its planned acquisition of Procter & Gamble's popular brand. But Pringles wont be homeless for long as The Kellogg Company swept in this morning to state its claim on the world's second largest player in savory snacks.

Walmart Leads Top 50 Retail List, Amazon.com Rises Fast

Consistency is Key: Herbalife Streamlines PLM

Snyder's-Lance Opens New R&D Center

Are Women Climbing the CG Corporate Ladder?

Project 7 Gains Executive Vice President of Sales

GS1 US Mourns Former CEO Thomas S. Rittenhouse

Kraft Foods Announces Executive Transition

Acosta Acquires Griffin Strategic Advisors

PepsiCo Announces Strategic Growth Investments

Diamond Calls Off Pringles Deal; Kellogg Moves In